Category: Culture

  • Detroit Art Scene: Growth and Resolve Within the Political Chaos

    Detroit Art Scene: Growth and Resolve Within the Political Chaos

    Maybe you’ve heard this before: when the going gets tough, the tough get going. The Detroit art community has been living it. This looks at a couple of instances of local art progress, and reminds of the continuing courage and support needed. Examples of Detroit art forging ahead Detroit’s grit is Lions football and then…

  • Young Men and the Church-State Merger: Hate, Vengeance, or Both?

    Young Men and the Church-State Merger: Hate, Vengeance, or Both?

    Trump openly delivers on both hate and vengeance. Just hear his words and see his actions. Along with his minions, they are the way, the means and the end, of fascism. The ongoing push for a church-state merger had the evil foresight to target our eager lonely young men. Young men have not been well-served…

  • Religious Fascism is the Real Name for Christian Nationalism

    Religious Fascism is the Real Name for Christian Nationalism

    Words are always important. In this time of fragility and volatility, words are especially important. Of all the labels applied to the scourge that blankets us, religious fascism is most telling and accurate. Religious fascism is a time honored criminal enterprise Christianity has been the predominant religion in the USA. So, the thugs have worked…

  • The Michigan Porcupine Mountains Are Again Under Mining Threat

    The Michigan Porcupine Mountains Are Again Under Mining Threat

    The Porcupine Mountains of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are small and uniquely magnificent. From Lake Superior, the main range of mountains looks like a crouching porcupine. The area became a state park in 1945, with many wonderful attributes, including Michigan’s largest (only?) stand of virgin forest. Abandoned machinery, adits, and rock dumps are reminders of forty…

  • Truth for MAGA with Love and Hope

    Truth for MAGA with Love and Hope

    With respect, hope, and love, this is simple and important truth for MAGA. While not identifying as MAGA, I have brothers and friends who are, and I can see myself in you. There are millions like me, seeing you, looking for more of the good. Your pushback on Trump-Epstein opened a lot of eyes and…